Join in on the weekend’s outdoor activities, from marathons to street fairs, and avoid traffic with the updates below. TTC A portion of the subway will be closed on the Yonge line this weekend for track work starting on Saturday: The TTC will close from Eglinton Station to Bloor Station until Sunday. A bus service […]

With the long weekend approaching, store hours will vary because of the civic holiday on Monday, August 1, and the Scotiabank Carribbean Carnival will tie up some downtown streets. From celebrating Simcoe Day to basking in the a/c at the Eaton Centre, read below for details to plan your weekend. Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto Celebrate […]

The fragility of our city’s road network astounds me. Thursday at 4 p.m., driving south on the DVP, I arrived at the corner of Lakeshore Blvd and River Street. It then took me an hour to cross downtown Toronto, a trip I can cover in 20 minutes on my bicycle. Oh, did I long to […]

This weekend, a host of events will affect Toronto traffic, starting Friday with Woofstock and ending with the Toronto Taste event on Sunday. Below the events — and the area affected Woofstock — St. Lawrence Market – Front Street East and Church Street Woofstock, launched in 2003, is, as the name implies, a festival for […]

As Toronto gears up for a debate over physically separated bike lanes, new sobering statistics show the city has among the highest rate of cyclist collisions in the country. The rate of pedestrians colliding with vehicles also tops a chart of major Canadian cities, according to recently released statistics by the city. Data for all […]

Last year, Toronto’s Steeles Avenue sat at the bottom of the Canadian Automobile Association’s list of Worst Roads in Ontario for a second year in a row. Now Steeles is the best road in the province, after a multimillion dollar upgrade, but Toronto still claims eight spots out of the 20 worst offenders. The CAA […]